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This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me my rifle is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than the enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. My rifle and I know that what counts in war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit. My rifle is human, even as I am human, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strengths, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and I are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy. - Marine Corps Rifleman's Creed.

Dr. Hansen testified again on 23 June 2008, this time before Congress, stressing that,

the world has long passed the “dangerous level” for greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and needs to get back to 1988 levels.

Conspicuously absent from Dr. Hansen’s remarks was the temperature in Washington D.C., which was 87 degrees, a full 11 degrees below the record high. So much for theatrics. Not so fast, Dr. Hansen did call for prosecutions of CEOs of oil companies.

The Marine Corps version of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) – aka the Lightning II – the F-35B , is the version of the JSF intended for vertical takeoff and landings. According to Aviation Week,

Lockheed Martin has flown the first short-take-off-and- vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35B, in conventional-take-off (CTOL) mode, clearing the way for funding to be released for production of the first six U.S. Marine Corps aircraft.

The 44-minute flight of aircraft BF-1, the first production-representive F-35, from Lockheed’s Fort Worth, Texas, plant also marked the start of a five-year, 5,000-plus test program involving three variants of the Joint Strike Fighter: the CTOL F-35A, STOVL F-35B and aircraft carrier-capable F-35C.

Mr. Gore was apparently so concerned about climate change, specifically ACC, and the impact that his compound may have on it that he embarked on an ambitious plan to reduce the carbon footprint of his palatial estate. Extensive greening was conducted. The result:

On this Fathers’ Day it is appropriate to remember one of the greatest fathers ever (outside the author’s own). Dave Thomas was the founder of Wendy’s and an adopted child. He founded the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. A wonderful charity, please visit the site.

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